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i think it was a good night for romney, bad night for obama. but the real thing is, it is this really start of a countertrend or an anomalous event. >> that's the big thing. there's no question that obama can easily get through this and get over this. >> let me make two points. the first is -- >> you are the host. >> they say, although sometimes -- >> new york the jim lehrer of today's discussion. >> i'm going to shrink down in my chair. i'm going to come back from that, governor. what i will say is, you know, in terms of this debate, i found one part of it, which was really refreshing, it was pretty wonky. it was pretty substantive. >> the b.s. wonk. >> what's that? >> b.s. wonk. >> mitt romney was floating policies out there -- >> united states has the best health outcomes in the world? >> it was not -- that's it, it was not a lot of one-liners and zingers. >> a couple of good one-liners. people forgot. i've been in business for 25 years, i have no idea what you're talking about, that's pretty good. >> i need to consult with my accountant is
i think it was a good night for romney, bad night for obama. but the real thing is, it is this really start of a countertrend or an anomalous event. >> that's the big thing. there's no question that obama can easily get through this and get over this. >> let me make two points. the first is -- >> you are the host. >> they say, although sometimes -- >> new york the jim lehrer of today's discussion. >> i'm going to shrink down in my chair. i'm going to come...
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governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and address the quote dishonesties pedalled last week. offering advice for number two the president said -- >> tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. >> for what it's worth, the president is probably hoping that joe isn't the same joe who occasionally suffers from bouts of acute honesty on a variety of topics like gay marriage. >> he got out a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity, spirit. >> joining us now from chicago, national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben "the thunder" labolt. >> new nickname every time. thanks for having me. >> thunder bolt or thund
governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and...
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i think the sense that i got at mitt romney's event last night talking to some of his advisers and some of his aides was a little bit of unease, and i'm also hearing that there's a lot of e-mail going out and state republican officials, folks like sual, a former state party chair, really appreciapressurin state operatives saying let's get out the vote and make sure it's maximized. there's hints of anxiety on the romney side of how it will turn out. >> john, in terms of voters, there's been so much back and forth, you said that santorum may have the big momentum. he has spent a lot of time with the social issues. on the ground in michigan, how much were people paying attention to the snobbery and wanting to send your kids to four-year colleges and so forth. >> there's maybe a couple of levels of folks that pay attention to that. the core activist base of the party, you know, goes online and reads through and parses and understanding, you know, basically the message that santorum is trying delivery to them, and a lot of them agree with it. the people it's a problem for are those that are
i think the sense that i got at mitt romney's event last night talking to some of his advisers and some of his aides was a little bit of unease, and i'm also hearing that there's a lot of e-mail going out and state republican officials, folks like sual, a former state party chair, really appreciapressurin state operatives saying let's get out the vote and make sure it's maximized. there's hints of anxiety on the romney side of how it will turn out. >> john, in terms of voters, there's...
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meanwhile the battle for the coal mining vote is on, here is what an romney and rick santorum said last night. >> my grandfather was a coal minor and at age six he started working in the coal mines. >> it's those roots, growing up the grandson of a coal minor and growing up in a steel town in butler, pennsylvania that have forged me. >> the coal minor vote. obviously a bid for authenticity. let's talk about about how romney is trying to win over michigan voters. >> he has a big issue in trying to thread the needle in terms of not being for the auto bailouts but saying he would not have let the industry go under. he said that he would have made sure that the government financing was there to take them through a bankruptcy. i can understand that but explaining that to an audience is difficult. he is in a situation where a lot of people think he would let this industry die. >> supporting tar and not the auto bailouts. it's again, that awkward, he can have -- wanting to have it both ways. >> the point the romney campaign is trying make which is utleys y ultimately the system by which it has
meanwhile the battle for the coal mining vote is on, here is what an romney and rick santorum said last night. >> my grandfather was a coal minor and at age six he started working in the coal mines. >> it's those roots, growing up the grandson of a coal minor and growing up in a steel town in butler, pennsylvania that have forged me. >> the coal minor vote. obviously a bid for authenticity. let's talk about about how romney is trying to win over michigan voters. >> he...
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we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons with obama. you know, i covered him for about a year before we got to the iowa caucus. those big speeches that's when people say who is this guy, rehearsing a stump speech and doing it badly is no way to introduce yourself to a whole new bunch of voters who are tuning. in -- -- why they wanted to quote verses written by someone else, i don't understand what he was trying to express there. for someone who has said economy, economy, economy, i'm the guy who can fix the economy, to go in on a -- run on sanctions, never mind there have been sanctions against iran, but -- >> you know, speaking about the economy, i think the real winner
we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons...
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if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims, who refused personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. and i want to fight for them. that's what i've been doing for the last four years because if they succeed, i believe the country succeeds. >> refs on both sides agree that last night was a bruiser but the strongest most concise assessment came courtesy of the new york daily news. bam boom. round three, the last and time bought, is monday. sam stein, of "the huffington post," we have seen a lot of back and forth this morning from republic
if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said...
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best tweet i saw on this last night, if this is who mitt romney wants in the united states senate you can only imagine who he wants in the united states supreme court. and what i -- you know, putting the polls aside this poll makes no sense and others have said that. i got back frnew hampshire and viinia, republican men and women are saying this is ridiculous. bottom line, why we should have a congress, 83% of which is men, making women's medical decisions. i think fueling the fire. >> it's amazing, also, that both with the two most incendiary comments about women's and bodies, you have aiken and mourdock tied to the romney-ryan ticket, now you have as you said one senate candidate that romney has sort of given his stamp of approval to having ads with saying this stuff about rape and god's intentions. when we talk about the issues, the president weighing in on leno about mourdock's comment but was brought up the question of the supreme court. i want to play those and talk about we're not talking about that more broadly in the campaign season. >> you've got a supreme court that, you kn
best tweet i saw on this last night, if this is who mitt romney wants in the united states senate you can only imagine who he wants in the united states supreme court. and what i -- you know, putting the polls aside this poll makes no sense and others have said that. i got back frnew hampshire and viinia, republican men and women are saying this is ridiculous. bottom line, why we should have a congress, 83% of which is men, making women's medical decisions. i think fueling the fire. >>...
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. >> he can learn one thing from newt, romney can. >> i'm not going to compete with obama -- >> [ singing ] >>. ♪ above the fruited plains >> sometimes keeping your mouth shut can be to your advantage >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. >> as the field continues to the silver state all bets are on. >> the don, the donald himself. >> could he pull a total fake out and put his chips on romney. >> laky luck is a fickel mistress and politics is a gamblers game. and when you are playing high stakes poker you never know who your true friends arity. >> who am i going to endorse? the people! i can be comfortable with mitt romney. when i was talking about us needing a business ceo, i was talking about me. >> it's time now as it is before primaries and caucuses for us to make a wager on the race. the reports are showing that mitt romney could walk away with the nevada caucus, i ask you my dear panel, hwhen we look at th also rans in the race, i look to ron paul and newt gingrich who look like they are staying in it for a while. i'm asking us to place bets on who is in this thing longer? new
. >> he can learn one thing from newt, romney can. >> i'm not going to compete with obama -- >> [ singing ] >>. ♪ above the fruited plains >> sometimes keeping your mouth shut can be to your advantage >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. >> as the field continues to the silver state all bets are on. >> the don, the donald himself. >> could he pull a total fake out and put his chips on romney. >> laky luck is a fickel mistress...
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george will writes romney is behind so on wednesday night it might be risky for romney not to take risks. which is a lot of risk in one sentence. do you think romg will go out there? i mean given his behavior thus far? >> historically the defirst debate is the first time a challenger has a chance to stance on stage on a level playing for field for a couple hours with the incumbent president and it's been the challenger's best debate. so just by showing up, you would think that romney's a slight favorite right now. we have seen obama recently in a higher position than he's been in all year, maybe higher than you would expect based on where the economy is. so i do think romney should have a tail wind at the same time the stuff we're mentioning where he also has tried to avoid articulating where his positions are on a lot of issues, a lot that is common sense but if you take positions further away from the center that damages you and he's not done a lot of running to the center at all in this campaign. that's unusual and he'll be proebds for more detail during the debate. >> the american pu
george will writes romney is behind so on wednesday night it might be risky for romney not to take risks. which is a lot of risk in one sentence. do you think romg will go out there? i mean given his behavior thus far? >> historically the defirst debate is the first time a challenger has a chance to stance on stage on a level playing for field for a couple hours with the incumbent president and it's been the challenger's best debate. so just by showing up, you would think that romney's a...
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after months of remaining silent on possible running mates, last night, team romney released this e-mail, saying sometime between now and the republican convention, mitt will be announcing his choice for vp. so instead of directly addressing the burning questions about the governor's time at bain, advisors are trumpeting an event that will take place in the next 47 days. governor rendell, i ask you first, how bad is this for mitt romney right now? can he put the genie back in the bottle? >> yeah, he can. this is the summertime. i'd say out of 300 million americans, about six or seven million are paying attention. anything that happens during the summer, you can recover from. but again, this whole controversy goes to whether mitt romney flip-flops, whether he's trustworthy, whether he tells the truth. it all goes to the character issue. the democrats and some of the media are building up a very good case against him. look, ann romney said in 2000 that mitt splits his time between the olympics and bain. when mitt himself left in 1999, he said i'm going to be part-time and i'm going to have
after months of remaining silent on possible running mates, last night, team romney released this e-mail, saying sometime between now and the republican convention, mitt will be announcing his choice for vp. so instead of directly addressing the burning questions about the governor's time at bain, advisors are trumpeting an event that will take place in the next 47 days. governor rendell, i ask you first, how bad is this for mitt romney right now? can he put the genie back in the bottle?...
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mitt romney needs to have a good debate performance tomorrow night and newt gingrich needs to have a bad one, my money would be on the reverse. >> mark, i want to bring you in here, i know the media conference call that maggie just menti mentioned, are the romney people scared are they seeing the angry attack muffin looming in the background? >> reporter: they are not scared. but they go after the target that could threaten him. newt gingrich could win the primary. and romney stumbled in the last day. the debate will be key, how much advertising can get on tv will be key and to the extent that gingrich can win this fight with santorum about who should go forward to go against romney. he is a better fit for this state and it's the greater possibility that romney leaves here as the possiblity than santorum. >> when we think about the conservative vote, there a chance that santorum voters and gingrich voters will come anyway? are they attracted to two types of candidates? >> i think we have a split here. we have santorum saying i'm the conservative voter's candidate, but if you want to
mitt romney needs to have a good debate performance tomorrow night and newt gingrich needs to have a bad one, my money would be on the reverse. >> mark, i want to bring you in here, i know the media conference call that maggie just menti mentioned, are the romney people scared are they seeing the angry attack muffin looming in the background? >> reporter: they are not scared. but they go after the target that could threaten him. newt gingrich could win the primary. and romney...
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for it, as a romney spaurupporter i think it great night for romney. i'm going put it all up and let it ride. >> how much he win by? >> i don't know, 14, 15 points. to both of your analysis, if huntsman comes in second, you go to south carolina and now you have huntsman sort of out of the picture, you have a perry, and a santorum super charged. you continue to split the vote as we move to another state, which is florida who continues to give the momentum to romney. as long as the anti-romney candidate does not have a chance to coalesce, mitt romney becomes the nominee. >> i think the key factor!xere is the margin for mitt romney. >> yes. >> i mean people forget that mccarthy did not beat johnson in new hampshire. but because the numbers were so below expectations they felt johnson lost. the key for romney is he has to stay in at least double digits. >> double digits i agree. >> all wins are not created equal. i do not -- >> i'm going to double down on mitt romney. i think that everything that has been said is smart. the poll is great news for r romn ro
for it, as a romney spaurupporter i think it great night for romney. i'm going put it all up and let it ride. >> how much he win by? >> i don't know, 14, 15 points. to both of your analysis, if huntsman comes in second, you go to south carolina and now you have huntsman sort of out of the picture, you have a perry, and a santorum super charged. you continue to split the vote as we move to another state, which is florida who continues to give the momentum to romney. as long as the...
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>> they have been two ships that passed in the night for about five years running for president, they talked on and off and they are friendly and have built a mutual respect. >> that sounds very nice. >> this is hugo, jessie, your candidate referred to the cooperation between his candidacy and romney, what does he mean by that? how do rifles cooperate? >> a lot of it comes down to scheduling, both of our campaigns had places, specific places that we wanted our candidates to be on march first, and they were not georgia, we talked it out and said, let's present a united front and make sure the candidates can get to where they need to be rather than being at the debate in georgia. >> you have a wonderful piece out in the new yorker on dr. paul this week, and one of this notions you explores the remnant. he likes to call himself a keeper of the old age. it's a network of enlightened souls capable of transforming civilization. we talk about santorum and the rhetoric around christianity, ron paul feels he has a mission here and the mission may almost eeclipse the candidacy in some respects.
>> they have been two ships that passed in the night for about five years running for president, they talked on and off and they are friendly and have built a mutual respect. >> that sounds very nice. >> this is hugo, jessie, your candidate referred to the cooperation between his candidacy and romney, what does he mean by that? how do rifles cooperate? >> a lot of it comes down to scheduling, both of our campaigns had places, specific places that we wanted our candidates...
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that was kind of isolated to one night and now he's back to not talking about his faith very much. i think that like i write, you know, he's going to be talking about god more. he already is. he talked about how he's not going to take god off our currency. >> which was -- as i think jen, the obama campaign person said there's as much likelihood of that as aliens attacking florida. but it is interesting as we talk about the country's first mormon candidate how little lifting of the veil there has been vis-a-vis the mormon faith and the prejudice that still exists as far as mormons in this country and the things that sort of whether it's the polygamist stigma that has sort of made it ways down to mexico and is now, you know, being battled out with mexican cartels as shane has detailed he could do -- it could be a great moment for mormons in america. interviewed by david gregory a couple weeks ago and asked and he immediately pivoted to judeo christian beliefs. >> first off, seems like this is part and parcel with the way romney approaches everything, which is, not to talk about it. t
that was kind of isolated to one night and now he's back to not talking about his faith very much. i think that like i write, you know, he's going to be talking about god more. he already is. he talked about how he's not going to take god off our currency. >> which was -- as i think jen, the obama campaign person said there's as much likelihood of that as aliens attacking florida. but it is interesting as we talk about the country's first mormon candidate how little lifting of the veil...
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who will go toe to toe with romney. then it turned into a nightmare the next day because the other guys wouldn't get out of way. then he needed perry out and gingrich out, and he needed guys like rush limbaugh to be like, listen, this is the moment. if we are ever going to stop mitt, it is now. instead, limbaugh was saying on his radio show, this will be fun to watch. this is kind after train wreck. >> ben is right. mitt needs to realize we are in the age of youtube when never can say, we can see what you said the night before, so don't repeat it. come up with a new line. and i'm looking forward to the new hampshire debates where i'm sure jon huntsman will roll out some kind of stone temple pilots reference to the granite state. >> no one will get it. >> i, myself, am looking forward to herman cain's unconventional statement. >>> thanks again to jonathan, steve, s.e. and ben. see you back here monday at noon eastern. until then, follow us on the twitter machine. >>> andrea mitchell report is next. hi, andrea. >> hi, ale
who will go toe to toe with romney. then it turned into a nightmare the next day because the other guys wouldn't get out of way. then he needed perry out and gingrich out, and he needed guys like rush limbaugh to be like, listen, this is the moment. if we are ever going to stop mitt, it is now. instead, limbaugh was saying on his radio show, this will be fun to watch. this is kind after train wreck. >> ben is right. mitt needs to realize we are in the age of youtube when never can say, we...
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but i think they were incredibly happy with the performance last night. the romney people were. the gingrich people, obviously, not. you are the creator of the angry teddy bear comparison with newt gingrich. >> and for that i expect to be charging higher rates in the coming months. >> as you should -- >> they have libraries in florida. >> there's -- >> i bring my library with me everywhere i go. jon harwood, the angry teddy bear was missing. it was angry teddy bear for the win in south carolina the teddy bear was mia down here, now it's going to be are we looking at atb, rip. >> so many abbreviations, john harwood let's play sound to show audiences what we are talking about. romney attacking gingrich and they are going back and forth to fannie mae, freddie mac question. >> we discovered to our shock, governor romney owns shares of fannie mae and freddie mac. and made money on selling it. >> i do not own stocks in either company. but there are bonds that the investor holds through mutual funds, and i know that sounds like a big revelation, but have you checked your own investment
but i think they were incredibly happy with the performance last night. the romney people were. the gingrich people, obviously, not. you are the creator of the angry teddy bear comparison with newt gingrich. >> and for that i expect to be charging higher rates in the coming months. >> as you should -- >> they have libraries in florida. >> there's -- >> i bring my library with me everywhere i go. jon harwood, the angry teddy bear was missing. it was angry teddy bear...
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to imagine this will play -- >> don't you think the leno stuff and -- and sam, you're a fan of late night television -- >> i am not. >> it reminds us how at ease the president is in is a number of formats. >> obviously mitt romney we agree is a bit stiff on the trail, so the contrast is apparent, and i think the ads are silly, but to the extent that it's different than '08, at this juncture, obama has real governs responsibilities. if you can say here's a guy going on jimmy fallon, and likes to talk about kanye west, and while the unemployment rate is still above 8%, you know, there might be -- might be able to tar him a bit. that's the only distinction between the mccain ad in 2008, when obama literally was a candidate celebrity with very little responsibility. >> that was about experience. they're trying to use this differently, whiches to say he's got this cool factor, but meanwhile, rural be off than four years ago? the point is there's ten different ways to say the economy is still in a bad place. they'll find 10 and 20 ways to say that. that's how you run against this president. >>
to imagine this will play -- >> don't you think the leno stuff and -- and sam, you're a fan of late night television -- >> i am not. >> it reminds us how at ease the president is in is a number of formats. >> obviously mitt romney we agree is a bit stiff on the trail, so the contrast is apparent, and i think the ads are silly, but to the extent that it's different than '08, at this juncture, obama has real governs responsibilities. if you can say here's a guy going on...
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the thing about the results from last night if we unpack them a little bit, romney is now beating gingrich on the electability question which to me is not a great surprise. but the margin is significant, 589% 58% to 33%. the thing that surprised me with us the female support. in florida mitt romney just took it away with 52% of women voters compared to 28% for newt gingrich. shocking. perhaps or not? i mean do -- it seems like -- >> i find it more shocking that as many people are voting for newt gingrich as are, so i think it didn't shock me, but -- did it shock you, howard? >> it didn't shock me. >> you know, if you're looking at the media cycle on the marian gingrich stuff, open marriage stuff, that hit before south carolina and didn't really stick. seems like it -- >> it should be noted that you're dealing with four new yorkers here. >> how many friends have open marriages? >> looks like the people in south carolina were hard to shock too. it is interesting to look at gingrich's strength. look at the life lived of his compared to romney. it's not a contest in terms of what you've actual
the thing about the results from last night if we unpack them a little bit, romney is now beating gingrich on the electability question which to me is not a great surprise. but the margin is significant, 589% 58% to 33%. the thing that surprised me with us the female support. in florida mitt romney just took it away with 52% of women voters compared to 28% for newt gingrich. shocking. perhaps or not? i mean do -- it seems like -- >> i find it more shocking that as many people are voting...
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romney also held a fund-raiser in cincinnati last night and will return to the state for an event with speaker john boehner on sunday. today he has a campaign bus parked near the president's event. in their dueling speeches the candidates are expected to outline stark contrasts. that's after a week of simply calling the other guy as a guy who is out of touch. >> the president is so out of touch with the needs of the american people. it's finally time to have a president who's in touch with what's happening in america. >> those of us who have spent time in the real world know that the problem is not the american people aren't productive enough. >> he's had a number of very revealing comments that show just how far out of touch he is. the president may be rewell meaning but he's out of touch. >> he's simply out of touch. we welcome a debate on who's out of touch. >> out of touch. now, here's what we know about the speech coming up. per the white house. the guidance that they've given nbc news. the speech that the president's making will be more perspective and prescriptive about where to
romney also held a fund-raiser in cincinnati last night and will return to the state for an event with speaker john boehner on sunday. today he has a campaign bus parked near the president's event. in their dueling speeches the candidates are expected to outline stark contrasts. that's after a week of simply calling the other guy as a guy who is out of touch. >> the president is so out of touch with the needs of the american people. it's finally time to have a president who's in touch...
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you were in romney hq that night. are you confident that the party, the phoenix may rise from the ashes? >> they know that it -- the ashes in general? they know it has to happen. i was there, that was my colleague who wrote that. we were both there. these were kind of mid-level campaign aides talking about the future, what was going to happen to the party, and they talked about marco rubio, they talked about the need to win over youth voters to probably de-emphasize social issues, not talk about same-sex marriage as much as they have. >> that's the problem there. right? it's not de-emphasize. i don't think it's about de-emphasizing. it's about crafting a different position. >> so here's the problem. this is wait they see this, though. honestly, most of these mid-level aides even on the romney campaign, they're not against gay marriage. they're not. t they don't care about it as a an issue. they also realize in the near to mid term, the next four to eight years, even as gay marriage becomes the law of the land across t
you were in romney hq that night. are you confident that the party, the phoenix may rise from the ashes? >> they know that it -- the ashes in general? they know it has to happen. i was there, that was my colleague who wrote that. we were both there. these were kind of mid-level campaign aides talking about the future, what was going to happen to the party, and they talked about marco rubio, they talked about the need to win over youth voters to probably de-emphasize social issues, not...
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. >> the romney campaign so far, the moments that stick in the public mind and the minds of late night comics and people who follow it closely are bad moments for him. there are no moments of the campaign so far where mitt romney had a great moment. go in and show positive, passionate moment. that gets a lot of attention. i think the speeches coming up, the one today, the one to the naacp are opportunities for him to, as you said, i think quite right, show his heart. president bush did that incredibly well in 1999 and 2000, and i think mitt romney has that in him, will have to have it in him. >> you think he has those skills to be able to go to the naacp or this particular conference? >> whatever you think of his policies, his heart and private self conveyed away from the camera regularly but not so far very much on camera, i think people would find more winning than he's currently portrayed. i don't know that he can pull that off. they think they can get through with a good vp pick, good speech and convention performances. he'll need a moment. today is one like that. the policy is goi
. >> the romney campaign so far, the moments that stick in the public mind and the minds of late night comics and people who follow it closely are bad moments for him. there are no moments of the campaign so far where mitt romney had a great moment. go in and show positive, passionate moment. that gets a lot of attention. i think the speeches coming up, the one today, the one to the naacp are opportunities for him to, as you said, i think quite right, show his heart. president bush did...
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. >> while mitt romney rolls over his rivals in nevada. and while most of us were watching saturday night live, who was newt gingrich doing? he was not conceding anything. >> more than that herman gets in trouble. >> there's one solution. >> super bowl sunday, bradshaw cannot stop himself from scoring but who is the real winner?
. >> while mitt romney rolls over his rivals in nevada. and while most of us were watching saturday night live, who was newt gingrich doing? he was not conceding anything. >> more than that herman gets in trouble. >> there's one solution. >> super bowl sunday, bradshaw cannot stop himself from scoring but who is the real winner?
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coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners givin
coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those...
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about last night, was mitt romney upstaged by an empty chair? what went wrong? did he make his case in his speech? we break it all down and we'll hear from the romney campaign and get the democratic response and look ahead to the democratic national convention. we're off to charlotte next on "andrea mitchell reports." why should our wallets tell us what our favorite color is? every room deserves to look great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we can feel our way through the newest, softest, and most colorful options... ...across every possible price range... ...our budgets won't be picking the style. we will. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get labor day savings with up to 24 months special financing with your home depot credit card. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward.
about last night, was mitt romney upstaged by an empty chair? what went wrong? did he make his case in his speech? we break it all down and we'll hear from the romney campaign and get the democratic response and look ahead to the democratic national convention. we're off to charlotte next on "andrea mitchell reports." why should our wallets tell us what our favorite color is? every room deserves to look great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we...
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i guess i wondered was the romney campaign happy with christie's remarks last night? we saw -- we can play a little of the visual of mitt romney looking i will say uncomfortable, if not pained, during certain parts of christie's speech last night. what is the readout from where you are? >> well, of course the romney campaign did go through most of these speeches. they were perfectly aware of what all these folks were going to get up and say. you have to remember while this is mitt romney's convention, it is also the republican party's convention and the party as a whole has an interest in looking ahead and making sure they're setting up who they see as their rising stars to do well in future years. as one of our panelists was saying earlier, this was the time for christie to sort of set himself up for 2016, which was really unfortunate for him was having to follow ann romney. the whole hall was wrapped up in this personal story, thinking about mitt, their candidate and to have christie take the stage and start making references to the jersey shore was a little bit jar
i guess i wondered was the romney campaign happy with christie's remarks last night? we saw -- we can play a little of the visual of mitt romney looking i will say uncomfortable, if not pained, during certain parts of christie's speech last night. what is the readout from where you are? >> well, of course the romney campaign did go through most of these speeches. they were perfectly aware of what all these folks were going to get up and say. you have to remember while this is mitt...
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we opened the very first store, i was there the night we hoped the first store. we helped stock the shelves. >> we stocked the shelves. just in terms of poll numbers. we have a tracking poll that said, sorry, in another poll, romney has fallen for five day straight and down ten points. huntsman and paul are gaining. is this stuff going to hurt him? we have 24 hours and i think it's something like 44% of new hampshire residents have made up their mind, meaning plenty have not yet. >> it's a before the primary that votes move. the voters tend to be voters that wait until the last minute to make a decision. a lot of people are on purpose un decided. there's a way that romney could have said this thing that would have been in line with republican ideals and not damaging people, but to say i like the right to fire people off, there's a certain type of enjoyment that he seemed to take in it, it's damaging sound and video, worse to see it and hear it than to read it on the page, that is what the problem is. not so much that it's out of line with the overall view of repu
we opened the very first store, i was there the night we hoped the first store. we helped stock the shelves. >> we stocked the shelves. just in terms of poll numbers. we have a tracking poll that said, sorry, in another poll, romney has fallen for five day straight and down ten points. huntsman and paul are gaining. is this stuff going to hurt him? we have 24 hours and i think it's something like 44% of new hampshire residents have made up their mind, meaning plenty have not yet. >>...
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this is what newt gingrich said last night on cnn. >> they seem to have a overly methodical model where they go out and keep saying the same thing and it done -- the world's too fluid, too sophisticated for that, it's clearly something that you can go out and you can communicate and you can do dramatically better than romney's currently doing. >> lois, everybody in the republican party has advice for mitt romney ahead of the debate. rich lowry writes new yoo inven will save romney, it all comes down to him. what do you make of that? >> what it gets down to now, we have 40 days and can they turn around the narrative? it's looking less and less likely. obama people laid out a narrative he was out of touch that he was too rich, he was all of these things and then he played right into it with the 47% comment. and i think that's resonated with people. i've heard it from teen averages from venders, you know, people are remembering that and i don't know that he can turn it around because there's a migration of voters now. >> josh, when you look at health care stuff and romney's inability to se
this is what newt gingrich said last night on cnn. >> they seem to have a overly methodical model where they go out and keep saying the same thing and it done -- the world's too fluid, too sophisticated for that, it's clearly something that you can go out and you can communicate and you can do dramatically better than romney's currently doing. >> lois, everybody in the republican party has advice for mitt romney ahead of the debate. rich lowry writes new yoo inven will save romney,...
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, by the way we forgot to mention the landslide victory last night. he said laughing, romney ignored him. john, you were there? >> i was not. >> you told us about things you heard from that event. >> i always try to watch raw footage for all john mccain events because they are so uplifting. >> they are fun. >> it felt a little thrown together and there was a sense that it was not well advanced and that they -- the word leaked out he was going to get this endorsement on the night of the iowa caucuses when it looked like there was a chance santorum would win and they wanted another story to move to. there is no better endorsement in american politics in new hampshire than john mccain. he has dominated that state from the two republican primaries. mitt romney is the establishment candidate, there's no way he needs to make inroads into the base and win the heart of conservatives. but he's got to do it with the core of his support, which is the establishment. i'll roll out big endorsements states by state. if he does, they are going to be a core part of ho
, by the way we forgot to mention the landslide victory last night. he said laughing, romney ignored him. john, you were there? >> i was not. >> you told us about things you heard from that event. >> i always try to watch raw footage for all john mccain events because they are so uplifting. >> they are fun. >> it felt a little thrown together and there was a sense that it was not well advanced and that they -- the word leaked out he was going to get this...
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last night. if the romney camp is saying a win is a win, and he is the candidate, let's see him act like a winner. let's see vim and vigor, and we never get it. >> and the fact that romney is doing so badly a allows the president to get away with what he did at the uaw, this same guy, said he would put on his comfortable shoes and join people on the pickett line. when given that opportunity, he chose to take a safer route. if romney and the field had coalesced and the president was facing a tougher set of opponents we would be writing stories about that kind of thing instead of how this race is going. >> and man, they were not booing him yesterday. >> no. >> coming up over time santorum has inched closer to the center at debates but his rhetoric has gone further to the fringe. has he gone too far? we will ask the national communication director, when he joins us live, next on "now." [ kyle ] my bad. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was
last night. if the romney camp is saying a win is a win, and he is the candidate, let's see him act like a winner. let's see vim and vigor, and we never get it. >> and the fact that romney is doing so badly a allows the president to get away with what he did at the uaw, this same guy, said he would put on his comfortable shoes and join people on the pickett line. when given that opportunity, he chose to take a safer route. if romney and the field had coalesced and the president was facing...